[pen nī bunkhun] (v, exp) EN: be indebted to s.o. (for help/support/encouragement) ; be under an obligation ; owe a debt of gratitude (to) ; be beholden (to) ; owe a lot to s.o. ; be grateful to s.o. for sth
[ごようがくしゃ, goyougakusha] (n) a scholar beholden to the government [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Behold \Be*hold"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beheld}(p. p. formerly
{Beholden}, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Beholding}.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold,
have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G.
behalten to hold, keep. See {Hold}.]
To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with
the eyes.
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When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. --Num.
xxi. 9.
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Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
the world. --John. i. 29.
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Syn: To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Beholden \Be*hold"en\, p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the
primitive sense of the simple verb hold.]
Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.
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But being so beholden to the Prince. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beholden
adj 1: under a moral obligation to someone
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